The Georgia DNR says......
It is makin the rounds again........and I don't know how the above picture got associated with Chipley, Georgia, but it's wrong. I just called Billy and he said they never got a picture of the cat in Chipley. That picture I posted in the first post was actually taken in Texas. Billy told me to go here and read all about it:
http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/05/21/mountain-lion-really-killed-this-whitetail/
Still pretty dang cool.
They re-introduced pumas/moutain lions/cougars into Texas, ranchers developed many problems. In other states, hikers & bikers have been attacked.
"Nineteen mountain lions (Felis concolor stanleyana) were released into northern Florida as surrogates for evaluating the feasibility of reintroducing Florida panthers (F. c. coryi) into unoccupied areas of their historic range."
source: [ame]http://www.mountainlion.org/us/fl/FL-A-FGFWFC-Belden-McCown-1996-Florida-Panther-Reintroduction-Feasibility-Study-July-1992-June-1995.pdf[/ame]
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/mountain-lions-on-the-loose/nQKnT/
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srRYJe8C3bQ"]Cougar Killed near West Point, Georgia - YouTube[/ame]
They re-introduced wolves somewhere in the North West, same problems.
" Between 1982 and 1998 a comprehensive captive breeding program brought Mexican wolves back from the brink of extinction. Over 300 captive Mexican wolves were part of the recovery program.
The ultimate goal for these wolves, however, is to reintroduce them to areas of their former range. In March 1998, this reintroduction campaign began with the releasing of three packs into the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona, and eleven wolves into the Blue Range Wilderness Area of New Mexico.[1] Today, there may be up to 100 wild Mexican wolves in Arizona and New Mexico. The final goal for Mexican wolf recovery is a wild, self-sustaining population of at least 300 individuals.[2]
Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho[edit]See also: History of wolves in Yellowstone
Map showing wolf packs in Yellowstone National Park as of 2002.Grey wolf packs were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and Idaho starting in 1995." -source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_reintroduction
fisher(?) weasel introduced into/around the great lakes to eat porcupines,
johnson grass in the mid west (from africa, illegal in kansas),
fire ants,
"A number of other fire ants of genus Solenopsis occur in the United States, including the black imported fire ant, Solenopsis richteri. Introduced to the U.S. in 1918, Solenopsis richteri co-occurs with S. invicta within a portion of its non-native distribution in the U.S."
kudzu vine (completely covering trees in the south-from japan, during the depression),...
introduced into the environment on purpose.
& Then african rock pythons, anacondas, king cobras, african-rock pythons accidently released into florida,
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snake head fish (?from asia?) aggressive fish wiping out other species through out the US,
extremely poisnous
Cane toad wiping out the predators in australia
& of course we all have heard of
pirranas being dumped into bodies of water.
The commercial shipping vessels brought us that flying cockroach.
Here the locals have told me (believed/taken with a big chunk of salt) that after hunting at night, they have seen big cats. We get bear size pigs here on the coast, just north of florida.
